Trump reposts Infowars meme after copyright violation removal

On Saturday, February 16, Trump took to the social-media platform to share a video meme created by Twitter user @CarpeDonktum. The video mocked the reactions of Democrats who attended the 2019 State of the Union Address while “Proud to Be an American” played in the background.

Trump shared the video after an earlier version of the video was removed from Twitter yesterday.

The original video featured a 1992 song called “Everybody Hurts” by REM

REM bassist Mike Mills also spoke out against the use of the song in the meme. On Twitter, the musician said that “measures have been taken to stop it.”

By Saturday morning, Twitter users were reportedly unable to play the video. Instead, the clip displayed an error message that said “This video has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder.”

Twitter user @CarpeDonktum questioned why Twitter removed the video

In his tweet, the meme creator said that “copyrighted material gets used all the time on the internet.”